Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Randy Willis and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a white man and a Cherokee, Joseph Willis must live as a slave on his own property. His struggle for freedom is complicated by a love forbidden by society and his newfound spiritual faith. With a faith molded by tragedy, Joseph finds the courage to forgive and to change the course of a new nation.Randy Willis tells the raw-boned epic, based on his own ancestors that gives American history a new face and a fresh voice.

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Randy Willis and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a white man and a Cherokee, Joseph Willis must live as a slave on his own property. After his father gives him his freedom on his deathbed, an angry uncle prevents his emancipation and confiscates his property. His struggle for freedom is complicated by a love forbidden by society and his newfound spiritual faith. Declaring himself a slave to Jesus Christ, he experiences an eternal freedom no man or government can suppress and challenges most men would flee. With a faith molded by tragedy, Joseph finds the courage to forgive - and to change the course of a new nation. The journey of Joseph Willis from North Carolina to Louisiana is filled with intrigue and inspiration. It describes the struggles of Native American slavery and the profound impact that Joseph Willis made on the newly ac-quired Louisiana Territory. The story of Joseph Willis begins at the close of the First Great Awaken-ing in America and ends at the height of the country's Second Great Awak-ening. It illustrates the faith of a person of low social stature and how his simple faith changed the course of Louisiana history. The story captures the hardships of early Evangelical leaders and the inspiration of the manner in which they overcame great obstacles. Joseph Willis lived as a slave two times - the first time because of injus-tice thrust upon him, and the second time because of the love of God that captured his heart and soul. It's an untold, yet unforgettable story. Twice a Slave has been chosen as a part of the Jerry B. Jenkins Select Line along with four bestselling authors. Jerry Jenkins is author of more than 180 books with sales of more than 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series. *** The birth of the novels: Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, and the play Twice a Slave, and the biographies The Apostle to the Opelousas and The Story of Joseph Willis. As a boy Randy Willis lived near Longleaf and Forest Hill, Louisiana. As a teenager, he would work cows with his family on the open range owned by lumber companies. Seven generations of Randy Willis's family have lived there, beginning with his 4th Great-Grandfather Joseph Willis in 1828. Randy would often ride his horse through his family's neighboring property, which was once William Prince Ford's Wallfield Plantation, not realizing the significance of his ancestor's connection to Solomon Northup, William Prince Ford, and James "Jim" Bowie. William Prince Ford was Joseph Willis's neighbor, mentor, and friend. Ford had bought the slave Solomon Northup on June 23, 1841, in New Orleans. He immediately brought him to his Wallfield Plantation. Just forty-six days later, on August 8, 1841, Joseph Willis and William Prince Ford founded Spring Hill Baptist Church. Ford's slaves including Solomon Northup, attended the church, which was the custom in pre-Civil War Louisiana. The plantation was located on Hurricane Creek, a 1/4 mile east of present-day Forest Hill, Louisiana. It was located on the crest of a hill, on the Texas Road that ran along side a ridge. Northup called this area, in his book Twelve Years a Slave, "The Great Piney Woods." Ford was also the headmaster of Spring Creek Academy located near his plantation and Spring Hill Baptist Church. It was there, in 1841, that Joseph Willis would live and entrust his diary to his protege William Prince Ford, according to historian W.E. Paxton in A History Of The Baptists Of Louisiana From The Earliest Times To The Present (1888). Also see: Three Winds Blowing (threewindsblowing.com). The captivating story of Solomon Northup's pastor and James "Jim" Bowie's neighbor Joseph Willis. And, the real-life connections between Solomon Northup, William Prince Ford, James Bowie, and Joseph Willis. *** threewindsblowing.com"

Download or read book Twice Condemned written by Philip J. Schwarz and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the history of enslaved African Americans' relationship with the criminal courts of the Old Dominion during a 160 year period.

Download or read book Twelve Years a Slave Annotated written by Solomon Northup and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Edition of Twelve Years A Slave is the Original 1853 Edition and Is Annotated. Solomon Northup was born as a free man in either July 10, 1807 or 1808 in Minerva, New York to a father named Mintus, who was a freed slave and a mother who was a free woman of color. He grew up, working on his family farm with his father and older brother, Joseph. He loved reading books and playing music on the violin. On December 25, 1829, he married Anne Hampton and together, they had three children named Elizabeth, Margaret and Alonzo. They owned and worked a farm. Solomon was well-known as an accomplished fiddler and his wife was well-known (and paid) for her cooking. In 1841, while looking for employment, Northup was convinced by two men to travel to Washington D.C. They claimed to be affiliated with a circus. In Washington D.C. Northup was drugged, beaten severely, kidnapped and then sold into slavery. This began 12 of the most challenging years of his life. His name was also changed to Platt Hamilton. He was first sold to a more benevolent slave owner named William Prince Ford. A difficult financial situation forced Ford to sell him to John M. Tibaut, who was extremely brutal to Northup. After almost getting hung by Tibaut, Northup fled to Ford for protection. Tibaut and Ford sold Northup to a man named Edwin Epps, where Northup remained for about a decade. He spent time on Epps' plantation being lent out to others, and also as a driver to help manage other slaves. He spent his 12 years in slavery in Louisiana.

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Sammy Tippit and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice a Slave is the story of a Cherokee slave, a forbidden romance, and tragedies that build faith. One man who is determined to find his purpose and discover his identity becomes a slave a second time, and he changes the course of history in Louisiana. Joseph Willis is one of the most fascinating, yet unknown personalities in Evangelical history. He was born into slavery before the American Revolution, the son of a Cherokee mother and an English father who faced incredible difficulties. His story is timeless and inspires the modern heart to overcome insecurities, conquer prejudice between believers, and insurmountable obstacles that unsettle the faithful. Even though Joseph's life was threatened because of his race and faith, he became the first Protestant to preach the gospel west of the Mississippi River. This is a novel about an unknown slave filled with drama, suspense, love, defeat, and ultimately triumph, an epic all can cheer for. *** The birth of the novels: Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, and Louisiana Wind, the play Twice a Slave, and the biographies The Apostle to the Opelousas and The Story of Joseph Willis. Dr. Sue Eakin read in a newspaper that Randy Willis had obtained the only copy of the minutes of Spring Hill Baptist Church. She asked Randy if he would help her with her research on William Prince Ford. He also lectured in her history classes, at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, on the subject. Dr. Eakin wrote Randy Willis on March 7, 1984, "We had a wonderful experience dramatizing Northup and I think there could be a musical play on Joseph Willis. It seems to me it gets the message across far more quickly than routine written material." She added, "a fictional novel based upon Joseph Willis' life would be more interesting to the general public than a biography and would reach a greater audience." Dr. Eakin is best known for documenting, annotating, and reviving interest in Solomon Northup's 1853 book Twelve Years a Slave. She, at the age of eighteen, rediscovered a long-forgotten copy of Solomon Northup's book, on the shelves of a bookstore, near the LSU campus, in Baton Rouge. The bookstore owner sold it to her for only 25 cents. In 2013, 12 Years a Slave won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director Steve McQueen thanked Dr. Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon's book." *** Randy Willis is the author of Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and co-author of Twice a Slave. Twice a Slave has been chosen by Jerry Jenkins as a Jerry B. Jenkins Select Book, along with four bestselling author's books. Jerry Jenkins is author of more than 180 books with sales of more than 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series. Twice a Slave has also been adapted into a dramatic play at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College). Randy Willis also owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter, and is President of Quadra Record Company. He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness) in Austin, Texas. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College. *** Also see: Three Winds Blowing (threewindsblowing.com). The captivating story of Solomon Northup's pastor and James "Jim" Bowie's neighbor Joseph Willis. And, the real-life connections between Solomon Northup, William Prince Ford, James Bowie, and Joseph Willis. threewindsblowing.com

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Randy Willis and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice a Slave is the story of a Cherokee slave, a forbidden romance, and tragedies that build faith. One man who is determined to find his purpose and discover his identity becomes a slave a second time, and he changes the course of history in Louisiana. Joseph Willis is one of the most fascinating, yet unknown personalities in Evangelical history. He was born into slavery before the American Revolution, the son of a Cherokee mother and an English father who faced incredible difficulties. His story is timeless and inspires the modern heart to overcome insecurities, conquer prejudice between believers, and insurmountable obstacles that unsettle the faithful. Even though Joseph's life was threatened because of his race and faith, he became the first Protestant to preach the gospel west of the Mississippi River. This is a novel about an unknown slave filled with drama, suspense, love, defeat, and ultimately triumph, an epic all can cheer for. *** The birth of the novels: Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, and Louisiana Wind, the play Twice a Slave, and the biographies The Apostle to the Opelousas and The Story of Joseph Willis. Dr. Sue Eakin read in a newspaper that Randy Willis had obtained the only copy of the minutes of Spring Hill Baptist Church. She asked Randy if he would help her with her research on William Prince Ford. He also lectured in her history classes, at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, on the subject. Dr. Eakin wrote Randy Willis on March 7, 1984, "We had a wonderful experience dramatizing Northup and I think there could be a musical play on Joseph Willis. It seems to me it gets the message across far more quickly than routine written material." She added, "a fictional novel based upon Joseph Willis' life would be more interesting to the general public than a biography and would reach a greater audience." Dr. Eakin is best known for documenting, annotating, and reviving interest in Solomon Northup's 1853 book Twelve Years a Slave. She, at the age of eighteen, rediscovered a long-forgotten copy of Solomon Northup's book, on the shelves of a bookstore, near the LSU campus, in Baton Rouge. The bookstore owner sold it to her for only 25 cents. In 2013, 12 Years a Slave won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director Steve McQueen thanked Dr. Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon's book." *** Randy Willis is the author of Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and co-author of Twice a Slave. Twice a Slave has been chosen by Jerry Jenkins as a Jerry B. Jenkins Select Book, along with four bestselling author's books. Jerry Jenkins is author of more than 180 books with sales of more than 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series. Twice a Slave has also been adapted into a dramatic play at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College). Randy Willis also owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter, and is President of Quadra Record Company. He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness) in Austin, Texas. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College. *** Also see: Three Winds Blowing (threewindsblowing.com). The captivating story of Solomon Northup's pastor and James "Jim" Bowie's neighbor Joseph Willis. And, the real-life connections between Solomon Northup, William Prince Ford, James Bowie, and Joseph Willis. threewindsblowing.com

Download or read book Thirty Years a Slave written by Louis Hughes and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2006-05-22 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was born in Virginia, in 1832, near Charlottesville, in the beautiful valley of the Rivanna river. My father was a white man and my mother a negress, the slave of one John Martin. I was a mere child, probably not more than six years of age, as I remember, when my mother, two brothers and myself were sold to Dr. Louis, a practicing physician in the village of Scottsville. We remained with him about five years, when he died, and, in the settlement of his estate, I was sold to one Washington Fitzpatrick, a merchant of the village. He kept me a short time when he took me to Richmond, by way of canal-boat, expecting to sell me; but as the market was dull, he brought me back and kept me some three months longer, when he told me he had hired me out to work on a canal-boat running to Richmond, and to go to my mother and get my clothes ready to start on the trip. I went to her as directed, and, when she had made ready my bundle, she bade me good-by with tears in her eyes, saying: "My son, be a good boy; be polite to every one, and always behave yourself properly."

Download or read book Twice Freed written by Patricia St. John and published by CF4kids. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Selling Children's Author Great Story with a Clear Gospel Message

Download or read book Twice the Work of Free Labor written by Alexander C. Lichtenstein and published by Verso. This book was released on 1996-01-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice the Work of Free Labor is both a study of penal labor in the southern United States, and a revisionist analysis of the political economy of the South after the Civil War.

Download or read book Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad written by Christine Rudisel and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firsthand accounts of escapes from slavery in the American South include narratives by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman as well as lesser-known travelers of the Underground Railroad.

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Sammy Tippit and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice a Slave is the story of a Cherokee slave, a forbidden romance, and tragedies that build faith. One man who is determined to find his purpose and discover his identity becomes a slave a second time, and he changes the course of history in Louisiana. Joseph Willis is one of the most fascinating, yet unknown personalities in Evangelical history. He was born into slavery before the American Revolution, the son of a Cherokee mother and an English father who faced incredible difficulties. His story is timeless and inspires the modern heart to overcome insecurities, conquer prejudice between believers, and insurmountable obstacles that unsettle the faithful. Even though Joseph's life was threatened because of his race and faith, he became the first Protestant to preach the gospel west of the Mississippi River. This is a novel about an unknown slave filled with drama, suspense, love, defeat, and ultimately triumph, an epic all can cheer for. *** The birth of the novels: Twice a Slave, Three Winds Blowing, and Louisiana Wind, the play Twice a Slave, and the biographies The Apostle to the Opelousas and The Story of Joseph Willis. Dr. Sue Eakin read in a newspaper that Randy Willis had obtained the only copy of the minutes of Spring Hill Baptist Church. She asked Randy if he would help her with her research on William Prince Ford. He also lectured in her history classes, at Louisiana State University at Alexandria, on the subject. Dr. Eakin wrote Randy Willis on March 7, 1984, "We had a wonderful experience dramatizing Northup and I think there could be a musical play on Joseph Willis. It seems to me it gets the message across far more quickly than routine written material." She added, "a fictional novel based upon Joseph Willis' life would be more interesting to the general public than a biography and would reach a greater audience." Dr. Eakin is best known for documenting, annotating, and reviving interest in Solomon Northup's 1853 book Twelve Years a Slave. She, at the age of eighteen, rediscovered a long-forgotten copy of Solomon Northup's book, on the shelves of a bookstore, near the LSU campus, in Baton Rouge. The bookstore owner sold it to her for only 25 cents. In 2013, 12 Years a Slave won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In his acceptance speech for the honor, director Steve McQueen thanked Dr. Eakin: "I'd like to thank this amazing historian, Sue Eakin, whose life, she gave her life's work to preserving Solomon's book." *** Randy Willis is the author of Three Winds Blowing, Louisiana Wind, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, and co-author of Twice a Slave. Twice a Slave has been chosen by Jerry Jenkins as a Jerry B. Jenkins Select Book, along with four bestselling author's books. Jerry Jenkins is author of more than 180 books with sales of more than 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series. Twice a Slave has also been adapted into a dramatic play at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College). Randy Willis also owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter, and is President of Quadra Record Company. He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness) in Austin, Texas. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College. *** Also see: Three Winds Blowing (threewindsblowing.com). The captivating story of Solomon Northup's pastor and James "Jim" Bowie's neighbor Joseph Willis. And, the real-life connections between Solomon Northup, William Prince Ford, James Bowie, and Joseph Willis. threewindsblowing.com

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Randy Willis and published by Twice a Slave. This book was released on 2021 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a white man and a Cherokee, Joseph Willis must live as a slave on his own property. His struggle for freedom is complicated by a love forbidden by society and his newfound spiritual faith. With a faith molded by tragedy, Joseph finds the courage to forgive and to change the course of a new nation. Randy Willis tells the raw-boned epic, based on his own ancestors that gives American history a new face and a fresh voice.Randy Willis tells the raw-boned epic, based on his own ancestor, Joseph Willis, that gives American history a new face and a fresh voice.A novel about adventure, family, faith, and the character of a man that touched generations.

Download or read book Three Winds Blowing written by Randy Willis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a white man and Cherokee slave, Joseph Willis, gains his freedom and swims the mighty Mississippi on a mule. Driven by three winds...* a wind of freedom driving him from North Carolina* a mighty rushing wind compelling him across the Mississippi River into the Louisiana Territory* a wind of war fueled by slavery Antebellum Louisiana Rooted in a time of tradition and chivalry, Joseph discovers a land of innocence lost.

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Download or read book The World That Fear Made written by Jason T. Sharples and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking history of slaveholders' fear of the people they enslaved and its consequences From the Stono Rebellion in 1739 to the Haitian Revolution of 1791 to Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831, slave insurrections have been understood as emblematic rejections of enslavement, the most powerful and, perhaps, the only way for slaves to successfully challenge the brutal system they endured. In The World That Fear Made, Jason T. Sharples orients the mirror to those in power who were preoccupied with their exposure to insurrection. Because enslavers in British North America and the Caribbean methodically terrorized slaves and anticipated just vengeance, colonial officials consolidated their regime around the dread of rebellion. As Sharples shows through a comprehensive data set, colonial officials launched investigations into dubious rumors of planned revolts twice as often as actual slave uprisings occurred. In most of these cases, magistrates believed they had discovered plans for insurrection, coordinated by a network of enslaved men, just in time to avert the uprising. Their crackdowns, known as conspiracy scares, could last for weeks and involve hundreds of suspects. They sometimes brought the execution or banishment of dozens of slaves at a time, and loss and heartbreak many times over. Mining archival records, Sharples shows how colonists from New York to Barbados tortured slaves to solicit confessions of baroque plots that were strikingly consistent across places and periods. Informants claimed that conspirators took direction from foreign agents; timed alleged rebellions for a holiday such as Easter; planned to set fires that would make it easier to ambush white people in the confusion; and coordinated the uprising with European or Native American invasion forces. Yet, as Sharples demonstrates, these scripted accounts rarely resembled what enslaved rebels actually did when they took up arms. Ultimately, he argues, conspiracy scares locked colonists and slaves into a cycle of terror that bound American society together through shared racial fear.

Download or read book Twice a Slave written by Randy Willis and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randy Willis is the author of Three Winds Blowing, The Apostle to the Opelousas, The Story of Joseph Willis, Louisiana Wind, A Chose Shave of the XIT Ranch, and is co-author of Twice a Slave. Twice a Slave has been chosen as a part of the Jerry B. Jenkins Select Line, along with four bestselling authors. Jerry Jenkins is author of more than 180 books with sales of more than 70 million copies, including the best-selling Left Behind series.Twice a Slave has been adapted into a dramatic play at Louisiana College, by Dr. D. "Pete" Richardson (Associate Professor of Theater with Louisiana College).He owns Randy Willis Music Publishing (an ASCAP-affiliated music publishing company), and Town Lake Music Publishing, LLC (a BMI-affiliated music publishing company). He is an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter, and is President of Quadra Record Company.He is the founder of Operation Warm Heart (https://vimeo.com/41195752) which feeds and clothes the homeless, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Our Mission Possible (http://ourmp.org), empowering at-risk teens to discover their greatness in Austin, Texas. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Joseph Willis Institute at Louisiana College.Randy was born in Oakdale, Louisiana, and lived near Forest Hill and Longleaf, Louisiana, as a boy. He currently resides in the Texas Hill Country.He graduated from Angleton High School in Angleton, Texas, and Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, with a BBA. He was a graduate student at Texas State University.He is single and the father of three sons and has four grandchildren.He is a fourth great-grandson of Joseph Willis, and his foremost historian. http://threewindsblowing.com

Download or read book Twice a Slave a Novel written by Randy Willis and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-04-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a white man and a Cherokee, Joseph Willis must live as a slave on his own property. His struggle for freedom is complicated by a love forbidden by society and his newfound spiritual faith. With a faith molded by tragedy, Joseph finds the courage to forgive and to change the course of a new nation.Randy Willis tells the raw-boned epic, based on his own ancestors that gives American history a new face and a fresh voice.